Photography tips

Thank you to Meiring Borcherds for these tips

Three Tips On Telephoto Photography One of the most exciting aspects of photography is working with Telephoto and Super Telephoto lenses. While out of the price range for most to buy, this lens family is easily accessible through lens rental services online or through local camera stores. Telephoto and super telephoto lenses enable photographers to explore a variety of subjects in new ways. Such lenses are often used in wildlife photography, but they can be used for a variety of subjects. Here are 3 tips and ideas for great telephoto photography: 1. Use A Tripod For Sharp Photos

By and large the vast majority of subjects photographed with telephoto and super telephoto lenses need to be tack sharp. Due to the narrow field of view and magnification of telephoto lenses ever so slight movements has an impact on image sharpness. The first thing you can do to ensure that you’ll capture sharper images is to use a tripod and a tripod head that can support the weight of your equipment. While this is not the only step that you can take to ensure sharper images it is an essential first step. 2. Tightly Frame Your Subject

The most obvious use of a telephoto lens is to magnify a subject so as to close the distance between you and what you’re photographing. This is of extremely value if you’re photographing insects, mammals and/or birds. But you can also use your telephoto lens to give you a creative edge. This can be done by getting extremely close to your subject in some instances. This is particularly useful in highlighting details that would otherwise be lost with shorter focal length lenses. 3. Think Macro Photography

If you’re not into getting close with the bugs and the fungi then an alternate way to shoot macro photography is to use a telephoto lens. Extension tubes in combination with super telephoto lenses shorten the closest focusing distance of a lens. Working with a larger lens will not give you every vantage point that a smaller lens can provide, but it will enable you to obtain other unique perspectives all while saving you from getting your hands dirty.

Bonus Tip:

If your camera has a Mirror Lock-up function this in addition to the use of a shutter release will remove much of the mechanical vibration your camera itself can create. The mirror in the camera box of your DSLR allows you to see from the viewfinder out your lens. When you trigger the shutter the mirror will flip up out of the way so that light coming through your lens hits the sensor or film in your camera body. Mirror Lock-up will prompt you to trigger the shutter twice, first to move the mirror into a ready position and second to open the shutter. After the first trigger of the shutter you should wait 2-5 seconds for the internal mechanics of your camera and resulting vibration of your camera to settle to the point of being still before you trigger the shutter a second and final time.

Now get out into the Euclid Creek Watershed and get creative. Remember to enter our 2011 Photo Contest at http://friendsofeuclidcreek.nhlink.net/photocontest.htm to win some great prizes and build on your photography skills.

June 2011 update, 2010-11 recap

Welcome
If you have any input for these updates, please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net. The image with the frogs is from our current photography contest. For more images, see http://picasaweb.google.com/

FriendsofEuclidCreek/ 2011PhotoContestEntries#

Our regular meetings normally start at 6:30PM at the South Euclid Community Center, 1370 Victory Drive (north off Mayfield, next to Giant Eagle). Meetings are free and open to the public.

Thank you to environmental attorney and FOEC member Ken Messinger-Rapport for leading the discussion at our June meeting that included a viewing of Gasland, a 2010 American documentary film that focuses on communities in the United States impacted by natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Upper Cuyahoga River Tour - Sat., June 18
Meet us at 8:30 AM at the Mayfield/SOM parking lot for Walmart. We can car pool from there. Please contact Frank Skala or Ginny Aveni for details.

Come to our July 5 picnic
Bring a dish. FOEC will provide pizza. The picnic starts at 6PM near the dam removal site at the Highland Road entrance to the Euclid Creek Reservation. Please contact Frank Skala or jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net for details.

Euclid Beach Blast! Join our FOEC booth on Saturday, July 16
We are still looking for volunteers. Please let Frank Skala know if you can help.

Call for nominations - FOEC officers and directors
Please let Frank Skala (or me at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net) know if you have someone to nominate or are interested in becoming an officer or director to join the steering committee as we currently have openings and are accepting nominees. Here is our current list of board members including officers and directors.

Officers

• President: Frank Skala
• 1st Vice President: Larry McFadden
• 2nd Vice President: Gary Bloom
• Secretary: Jeanette Evans
• Treasurer: Ken Messenger-Rapport

Six directors

• Steve Albro
• Lou Drasler
• Rick Evans
  
• Frank Hogg
• Kathy Schaefer
  
• Carolyn Sugiuchi

Year in review
As our current officers complete the 2010-2011 term, here is a summary of the meetings held and speakers featured. Thank you to Frank Skala and all involved in making it such an interesting and productive year.

• Sept. 2010 - Meiring Borcherds, FOEC web site update
• October 2010 -Claire Posius, Barb Holtz, watershed issues update
• November 2010 -Dianne Bickett, Director of Solid Waste District, recycling and related issues
• December 2010 -Barb Pophal, holiday party at Mayfield Village Community Center
• Jan. 2011 -Claire Posius, Watershed Planning Guide review
• Feb. 2011 -Ginny Avemi, mapping future watershed projects
• March 2011 -Tom Evans, URS, watershed planning
• April 2011 -Claire Posius, Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation update
• May 2011 -Cleveland Metroparks Staff, Master Plan update
• June 2011 -Ken Messinger-Rapport, gas well drilling, Gasland
• July 2011 -Summer picnic (planned)
  

Please visit regularly

Please visit regularly Claire Posius' Soil and Water Conservation District Enews-Letter at
http://www.cuyahogaswcd.org/EuclidCreekFiles/enewsletter.htm
Thank you Claire! Please send comments and contibutions to Claire at cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org

Please visit regularly the FOEC website at http://friendsofeuclidcreek.nhlink.net/index.htm
Thank you Miering! Please send comments and contributions to Miering at friendsofeuclidcreek@gmail.com.

June steering committee meeting

In attendance at the June 15 steering committee meeting were Fran Hogg, Lou, Rick, Frank, Carolyn, and Jeanette. Frank called the meeting to order around 7:05PM.

Bishop Road conservation easement
We discussed how Derek Schaefer was pursuing this grant.

Picnic
Tuesday, July 5 is the date of the picnic. Barb Holtz reserved the location near the former dam site. Everyone is to bring something for the potluck. We should feel free to invite any council people. Fran is to bring pizza. We had about 50 people last year. Fran is to call Barb Pophol to bring dinnerware. We are encouraging people to bring reusable dinnerware. Frank will check on who will bring soft drinks. Fran is to bring a bocci set. People are to come at 6PM. Frank can come early if needed. Agenda of the meeting would be the nominations.

Cuyahoga River Tour on Sat., June 18
Ginny is set to host this. All who cannot come and signed up should let her know.

Nominations for officers
Larry provided an update via email. Carolyn is running and nominated to be on the board. We discussed other nominations. Frank will follow up with the nominees for the director opening for Kathy's position.

Speakers
Frank will look into a speaker about brownfields. Ginny has found many of the speakers for this year. We do not have a program chairperson for the coming year. Fran suggested we could take turns taking topics. We discussed alternating activities and presentations. Gasland is something we could continue to watch together. We discussed having no meeting on August if the brownfield presentation falls through. We discussed whether the Botanical Garden or area museums have a speaker's bureau?

Youth corps
Key Club at Mayfield High School works with Mr. Turk. They are looking for projects. Jeanette is to follow up with Mr. Turk to tell him that Fran and Larry will be in touch with him.

Listing of goals
Carolyn noted a list of goals that include survey of the watershed issues, youth corps, speaker's bureau, membership drive, rain gardens, and interest areas of members. Metroparks could share information from the meeting we attended. Meiring and Larry are addressing rain gardens.

May 2011 update

Welcome
Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any input for these updates.The image of coreopsis comes from ohioprarienurseries.com.

Our regular meetings normally start at 6:30PM the first Tuesday of every month at the South Euclid Community Center, 1370 Victory Drive (north off Mayfield, next to Giant Eagle). We attended the Cleveland Metroparks- 2020 Emerald Necklace Centennial Plan presentation on Tuesday, May 3 at the North Chagrin Nature Center where the focus of the discussion was on the creek reservation.

FOEC participates in Green Dream
A thank you goes out to all who helped at the FOEC table and rain barrel exhibit at the Green Dream event in April at the Beachwood Community Center.

The image of the purple coneflower - a good native choice for Ohio landscapes - comes from The Wild Ones. Coneflowers attract butterflies and birds.

News to note
Please see Frank Skala for details on the following.

• Tuesday, June 7 meeting covers the topic of gas well drilling and is to include us seeing portions of the film Gasland with a follow up discussion led by environmental attorney and FOEC member Ken Messinger-Rapport.
  
• Tuesday, July 5 at 6PM is our FOEC picnic. Details to be announced shortly.
  
• Wednesday, August 24 at 6PM is an outing with the Sierra Club.
  
• Nominations for FOEC officers and board members are currently being accepted.
• Stay tuned for details on FOEC Youth Corps activities.
  

Consider native flowers and plants
Now that is it May, April showers bring May flowers can come to mind.. Here are some natives to consider for flowers in our own landscapes, per Native Plants of Ohio.

* full sun - coreopsis, coneflower, aster
* full or partial sun - black-eyed susan
* shade or full/partial sun - wild columbine

Here are Ohio habitats and native choices for each habitat.
* prairies - coneflower, goldenrod
* forest - Chrismas fern, cinnamon ferm, lady fern, spicebush, wild ginger
* wetland - goldenrod, sensitive fern
* disturbed - black-eyed susan, coreopsis

Burning River Fest 2011
Lauren Boveington, Marketing Assistant, Great Lakes Brewing Company has brought this event to our attention. She states -

Every summer, people from all over the Great Lakes region raise a pint at the Burning River Fest to salute the “watershed moment” that raised a new level of eco-consciousness—the 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River. With a projected attendance of 8,000, the 2011 event will feature live music, fresh food from local farms and eateries, educational environmental exhibits and a special appearance by Great Lakes Brewing Company’s Christmas Ale!

The Burning River Foundation, created by the founders of GLBC, is a non-profit organization whose purpose through grants, donations and community involvement is to provide extensive education and resources for preserving the following for the waterway:
· ecological conservation
· environmental protection
· scientific exploration
· historic preservation

This year, we are giving non-profits the opportunity to be involved and raise money for their organization. If Friends of Euclid Creek is willing to promote BRF on its website, e-mail lists and social media outlets, BRF will give you an online code to use for online ticket sales. For every ticket sold, BRF will give back $1 to the organization (Presale tickets are $8 and general admission after presale is $10).

For more information please contact -
Lauren Boveington
Marketing Assistant
Great Lakes Brewing Company
2516 Market Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216.771.4404
greatlakesbrewing.com

Burning River Fest 2011
Good Cheer. Good Cause. Good Beer.
July 23-24, 2011

Steering Committee meeting minutes

The FOEC Steering Committee met on May 18 at the South Euclid Library with Frank Skala calling the meeting to order around 7PM. In attendance were Frank, Carolyn, Steve, Fran Hogg, Ken, Larry, Ginny, Gary, Rick, and Jeanette. We discussed the following items.

Youth Corps
FOEC could work with Claire on increasing youth participation on projects. We could talk to science teachers and superintendents. Fran will go through the membership list to see who could have interest in supporting these projects. Frank will do a related email blast.

June Meeting
Ken will lead the discussion after a viewing of Gasland.

June 18 Outing
Ginny provided details on the Cuyahoga River event. She will follow up with an email.

Future Meetings
A member of the Department of Economic Development could speak at a future meeting about brownfields in the Euclid Creek watershed. We could discuss updates on Oakwood at a future meeting.

July Meeting
Summer picnic and potluck will be our July meeting. We agreed we liked the pizza at the last picnics.

Upcoming Voting
We discussed voting for officers and steering committee members at future meetings. Larry will follow up.

Computer and Insurance
Rick provided Ken with an invoice for the software upgrade. We agreed to donate the unused software package to the holiday meeting raffle. Jeanette updated on insurance with State Farm. Ken will get additional quotes.

Sierra Club
August 24 we are invited to join the Goodtime III cruise with the Sierra Club of NE Ohio.

Adopt-a-Beach
We are to work with Steve Love on these projects.

April 2011 update

Welcome
If you have any input for these updates, please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net. Most images in this update are from our photography contest. For more images, see http://picasaweb.google.com/FriendsofEuclidCreek/2011PhotoContestEntries#

Save the first Tuesday of every month
Our regular meetings normally start at 6:30PM at the South Euclid Community Center, 1370 Victory Drive (north off Mayfield, next to Giant Eagle). Meetings are free and open to the public. Thank you to Claire Posius for speaking at our April meeting and Ginny Aveni for being facilitator. For details on our May meeting, please contact jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net.

Cleveland Metroparks- 2020 Emerald Necklace Centennial Plan

• Tuesday, May 3, North Chagrin Nature Center, North Chagrin Reservation, Mayfield Village – 6:30pm-8:30pm
• 2020 Emerald Necklace Centennial Plan - 2nd Round of Public Meetings
• Presentation and discussion to focus on Creek Reservation, North Chagrin & South Chagrin Reservations

Creek Dam Removal Celebration
Please join the Euclid Creek Watershed Program Project Partners as we celebrate the removal of the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam. The event will be held on Thursday, April 21, from 5:00-7:00pm at the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation at the Upper Highland Reserved Picnic Area.

This public meeting and tour celebrates the removal of the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam, theculmination of six years of work. Several speakers will briefly discuss the fish passage and stream restoration project, followed by a short hike to the overlook of the former dam site.

Meet the project partners and funders pivotal in making this project happen and learn why a dam removal project is important to Euclid Creek. For more information, call or email Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator Claire Posius at 216-524-6580 x16 or cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org.

Highland Heights green task force
Contact Judy Dearden at hhgreentaskforce@yahoo.com or see http://www.highlandhtsgreen.com/ for more information.

Oakwood Park update

For information about Oakwood Park, please see: http://www.heightssno.org/announcements/oakwoodparkcanstillbearealityodparkcanstillbeareality

Green Dream is coming
April 15, 2011 1-7pm Beachwood Community Center 23235 Fairmount Blvd. Beachwood, Ohio google map

April 22 is Earth Day
April may be a good time to get your rain barrel out of storage or set one up for the first time.It could be a good time to apply the first treatment of lawn fertilizer.

Black-eyed susan is a good native choice for semi-shade
For sunny or partially sunny locations, these are naturally found in dry fields, roadsides, open woods, and waste places. They flower June to September (from Native Plants of Ohio).
Rain Barrel Workshop & Sale
Euclid Saturday, April 30 10:00am-11:30am
Historical Society Registration required by April 21st, 2011
Click here for flier
Contact Claire Posius to register and for details - 216-524-6580x16

Euclid Creek Invasive Plant Pull Event & FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, May 14 10:00am—noon Wildwood State Park , Cleveland Volunteers are needed to help remove invasive garlic mustard. Contact Claire Posius , cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org or 216-524-6580 x16 for more info. Join us at 9:00am in main parking lot by Marina to learn about the Bioswale and help with weeding and trash removal in the landscaped median.

Euclid Creek Stream Cleanup Event & FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, September 10 10:00am–noon Wildwood State Park , Cleveland Volunteers needed!! Contact Claire Posius, cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org or 216-524-6580 x16 for more info. Join us at 9:00am in main parking lot by Marina to learn about the Bioswale and help with weeding and trash removal in the landscaped median.

Recycling discussed at Highland Heights group meeting

http://www.highlandhtsgreen.com/ gives more details about the meeting that included Jeff Riebe, a naturalist, who noted that recycling benefits include having a cleaner earth, conserving wildlife and natural resources, creating jobs, and reducing pollution.

He continued with a list from the National Parks Services that indicated the number of years it would take items to degrade. Some of the items he mentioned include:

• plastic bag = 10-12 years to degrade


• a foam cup = 50 years to degrade


• disposable diapers = 10-20 years to degrade


• fishing lines = 600 years to degrade


• plastic bottles = 450 years to degrade


• plastic from a 6-pack = 100 years to degrade

Dam Removal Celebration
The image comes for http://www.cuyahogaswcd.org. As explained at
http://http//www.cuyahogaswcd.org/EuclidCreekFiles/EC_EastBranchDamRemoval.htm - the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam is located in the Euclid Creek Watershed.
It is on the East Branch of Euclid Creek, a tributary to Lake Erie that is heavily urbanized and affected by urban runoff and habitat degradation.

The dam is located near the confluence of the East Branch and the Euclid Creek main stem in the Euclid Creek Metropark Reservation.

March 2011 update

Welcome
If you have any input for these updates, please let me know at
jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net.
Most images from this update are from our photo contest.

Save the first Tuesday of every month
Our regular meetings start at 6:30PM at the South Euclid Community Center, 1370 Victory Drive (north off Mayfield, next to Giant Eagle). Meetings are free and open to the public.

Thank you to Tom Evans of URS for speaking at our March meeting. The URS Cleveland Office, formerly Dalton, Dalton, Newport Inc., has been providing architectural and eco-engineering services to both public and private sector clients in and around the city of Cleveland and surrounding areas for over 50 years. Mr. Evans presented architectural information on the plans for the lower Euclid Creek (E 185th spillway to Lake Erie).

Highland Heights green task force
Please contact Judy Dearden at hhgreentaskforce@yahoo.com or see http://www.highlandhtsgreen.com/ for more information.

Oakwood Park update

For information about Oakwood Park, please see: http://www.heightssno.org/announcements/oakwoodparkcanstillbearealityarkcanstillbeareality

Black-eyed susan is a good native choice for semi-shade
For sunny or partially sunny locations, these are naturally found in dry fields, roadsides, open woods, and waste places.

March, St. Patrick's Day, seeds, and gardens
Just a reminder that many gardener's start plants from seeds on or near St. Patrick's Day in March. Some garderners also apply the first treatment of lawn fertilizer around St . Patrick's Day.

Start a compost pile
The image comes from http://ourohio.org/ which states that ...leaves and yard trimmings and food waste make up 23 percent of the material Americans send to the landfill, which is a waste of landfill space and natural resources.


http://www.cuyahogaswd.org/pdf_cuyahogaswd/en-US/Brochures/backyard_composting.pdf

gives the following instructions for starting a compost pile.

• 1. Place 4” – 6” of base material such as chopped brush, twigs or wood chips on the ground. This will allow air circulation around base of pile. (Skip this step if using a compost mixing container).
• 2. Alternate 2”- 4” layer of green organic material containing nitrogen and 4”- 6” brown organic material containing carbon. Keep a ratio of 1-part green and 2-to-3- parts brown. Do not compact layers to allow for air circulation.
• 3. After each green and brown layer add 1” to 2” of an activator to introduce microorganisms into the pile. Activators such as manure, garden soil, bone meal or urea fertilizer will provide nitrogen to encourage the reproduction of microorganisms. A pile must have microorganisms to decompose the organic waste.
• 4. Water the pile, so it’s moist, but not wet.

Upcoming Events in Euclid Creek
Euclid Creek Public Involvement Committee Meeting
Friday, February 11 9:00am-10:30am Euclid Community Center

Cleveland Geological Society Lecture: The Euclid Creek Watershed: Its History, Future, Why It Matters, and Who's Doing What,
Speaker: Claire Posius
Wednesday, March 16 7:30pm Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Classroom A, C Floor

Rain Barrel Workshop—South Euclid
Tuesday, March 22 6:30pm-8:00pm South Euclid Community Center Registration required by March 14th, 2011 Click here for flier
Contact Claire Posius to register and for details - 216-524-6580x16

Euclid Creek East Branch Dam Removal Celebration
Thursday, April 21 5:00pm-7:00pm Euclid Creek Reservation - Upper Highland Picnic Area
Join us for a presentation and tour of the former dam site and to meet the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam project partners.
Contact Claire Posius for more details - 216-524-6580x16 Click here for flier

Rain Barrel Workshop & Sale— Euclid
Saturday, April 30 10:00am-11:30am Euclid Historical Society Registration required by April 21st, 2011 Click here for flier
Contact Claire Posius to register and for details - 216-524-6580x16

Euclid Creek Invasive Plant Pull Event & FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, May 14 10:00am—noon Wildwood State Park , Cleveland
Volunteers are needed to help remove invasive garlic mustard. Contact Claire Posius , cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org or 216-524-6580 x16 for more info. * Join us at 9:00am in main parking lot by Marina to learn about the Bioswale and help with weeding and trash removal in the landscaped median.

Euclid Creek Stream Cleanup Event & FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, September 10 10:00am–noon Wildwood State Park , Cleveland
Volunteers needed!! Contact Claire Posius , cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org or 216-524-6580 x16 for more info. * Join us at 9:00am in main parking lot by Marina to learn about the Bioswale and help with weeding and trash removal in the landscaped median.

Rain Garden Presentation to Lakeshore Garden Club
Monday, September 19 1:00pm–3:00pm Henn Mansion , Euclid

Compost Seminars and Bin Sales for Backyard Composting - Cuyahoga Solid Waste District
The Solid Waste District has partnered with city service departments and local organizations to educate and promote backyard composting. In an effort to provide Cuyahoga County residents with how-to-compost instructions and affordable compost bins, the Solid Waste District is proud to introduce the Compost Seminar & Compost Bin Sale program. If you've always wanted to start composting coffee grinds, banana peels and leaves, but just didn't know how, this is your chance!

After you attend a 60 minute seminar about backyard composting, you will have the opportunity to purchase a bin for your home.
Wishing Well Composter - $50.00 · Ultimate Dirt Machine Digester - $50.00 · Sure-Close Compost Pail - $5.00

2011 Upcoming Compost Seminars & Bin Sales:
Tuesday, March 15, River's Edge on Rocky River Drive , 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16, Orange Village , 7:30 p.mWednesday, March 30, Downtown Cleveland at the Galleria, 11:45-12:45 p.m.Thursday, March 31, North Royalton, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, Bay Village , 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19, Parma , 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, April 20, Garfield Heights , 7:00 p.m.Saturday, May 21, Euclid , 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 24, South Euclid , 7:00 p.m.Thursday, June 1, Garfield Heights , 7:00 p.m.

Registration for each seminar is required [call (216) 443-3731 (216) 443-3731 or http://us.mc1803.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=krocco@cuyahogacounty.us] or for more details view: http://www.cuyahogaswd.org/en-US/Composting.aspx

March 2011 steering committee meeting minutes

Ken, Barb Holtz, Rick, Gary, Fran, Lou, Brian, Kathy, Larry, and Jeanette attended on March 16 at the South Euclid library.

Larry called the meeting to order around 7PM.

Wild Plant identification for smart phones proposal
Brian Gilbert explained a possible plant id program for wild plant identification using a smart phone and noted his interest in a show of support. Four hundred plants are included. We discussed an endorsement. Gary will put together this letter. Schools at the junior high and high school level could be the audience for the application.

Membership letters
Fran noted that 122 membership letters were mailed. Printing cost $24, and stamps cost $70. Fran will email the file to Meiring to put on the website.

Bylaw on time limits
The final text was provided for the bylaw voted on unanimously at the last meeting.

Bylaw on who can sign checks
A draft for consideration was circulated by Ken. We discussed related auditing issues.

Euclid Creek pins
White background with a green heart and Friend and Euclid Creek is the design voted on at the last meeting. Claire asked for these as a token of appreciation for volunteers. 500 pins estimate is $300 or about 60 cents each. $425 for 1000 or about 39 cents each is another estimate. 500 should last a few years, and we agreed to this. We discussed a smaller pin and possible bumper sticker which Barb will look at.

Corporate rain garden
We discussed running a small ad. Our interest is in a business that will install this. Fran suggested a letter to the editor.

Feb. meeting survey results
Barb Holtz summarized the results. Combined sewer overflows and dumping appeared as top environmental pressures. No one knows where the watershed is and what is a watershed - these are top educational needs identified. City governments should have laws that allow for practices good for the watershed - this is another top goal identified. We discussed a tie in to our mission statement and goal. When will Claire reach 1000 rain barrels? A year of the rain barrel campaign was discussed.

Hydrofracking
Ken can get someone to talk about this if we give them a date. Kathy will look at the date.

Office 2010
We can get the software at a discount.

The image of the Eastern Cottontail Rabbit comes from http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ which states the species has been spotted in every county in Ohio.

Euclid Creek Dam Removal Celebration
Euclid, OH – Please join the Euclid Creek Watershed Program Project Partners as we celebrate the removal of the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam. The event will be held on Thursday, April 21, from 5:00-7:00pm at the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation at the Upper Highland Reserved Picnic Area.

This public meeting and tour celebrates the removal of the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam, the
culmination of six years of work. Several speakers will briefly discuss the fish passage and stream restoration project, followed by a short hike to the overlook of the former dam site. Meet the project partners and funders pivotal in making this project happen and learn why a dam removal project is important to Euclid Creek.

For more information, call or email Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator Claire Posius at 216-524-6580 x16 or cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org.